Mum Outraged at Local Newsagent for Placing Topless Shots at Toddler Height

A local mum was shocked to discover topless photos places on the bottom shelf at her local newsagent.

Would you be happy if this was your local newsagent?

In an era when parents feel that they should support the local newsagent as they struggle to compete with supermarket giants, a mum of three has decided she will have to avoid hers, for one simple reason.

Mum-of-three Mrs Sneddon was shocked to see the Sunday Sport, which features topless models on the front page, placed on the bottom shelf of her local newsagent, at the perfect height for even the youngest children to see. When she asked a member of staff if the newspaper could be put on one of the higher displays so that her children didn't have to see it, she was informed that the newspaper paid for that position, and there is nothing they could do about it.

Mrs Sneddon commented, "I have fond memories of visiting our local newsagent when I was a girl for a treat after school or at the weekend, and would have loved to do the same with my children. Unfortunately, I have decided that I'd rather not go into our local shop, as there is no way of avoiding this display. It is located right by the door as you walk into the shop."

"What kind of message does this pass onto young impressionable minds? My nine year old son will grow up thinking that women are there to ogle at, nothing more, whilst my daughters are being taught from an early age that what they look like is all that matters and that they are there purely to be objectified."

"I understand that newsagents are struggling, and the income will come in handy, but I wish that they would think of the families that rely on them, and the children that will grow up seeing these images around them."

Back in 2015, the Sun elected to scrap its page three topless pictures after a petition of more than 217,000 signatures calling to end the publication of images of topless women in the Sun was submitted by the group No More Page Three.